Both are on my 3DS: Pullblox and Fallblox, with the endearing Mallo doing its utmost to save little kids from the blog-puzzles. Challenging puzzles, real brain teasers that can have you pushing and shoving losing track of time trying to work it out. Now there’s a third title available, called Fullblox in Europe and Stretchmo in the U.S. Nice thing is that it’s free to download, enabling you to try 7 training puzzles without putting down any money.
Where the earlier games featured pushing and pulling (Pushmo/ Pullblox) with blogs falling down to give it an extra dimension (Crashmo/ Fallblox), this newest game ads extra directions of movement in which to push and pull: now you can grab hold of blocks not just from the front, but from all sides. This makes it even more challenging and complex! You can push and pull the blox up to three squares now compared to two squares before. And like in the others: you can easily rewind if you’ve made a mistake, plus there’s a mode to make your own puzzles.
If you like it, you can buy extra puzzles.
Mallo’s Playtime Plaza ($4.99): 100 progressively challenging levels that introduce the basics of the game.
Poppy’s Sculpture Square ($2.99): 50 puzzle levels shaped like animals and objects.
Corin’s Fortress of Fun ($2.99): 50 levels featuring new gizmo obstacles and enemies.
Papa Blox’s NES Expo ($2.99): A treat for retro fans that features 50 levels based on classic NES characters.
Buying the entire bundle costs $ 9,99, making for hours of puzzle fun. And when you solve all 250 you get 50 extra levels in The Perilous Peak.
And if you like little Mallo enough, there’s a new home the mo available for your 3DS too.
